Neon

Symbol: Ne
Atomic Number: 10
Atomic Weight: 20.179

Properties:

Boiling Point: -246.08 C Melting Point: -248.59 C
Freezing Point: -245.95 C Number of isotopes: 3 stable isotopes, 6 unstable isotopesAppearance: Orderless, colorless, and tasteless Color: Neon is a colorless gas, but glows bright red when electricity is passed through itState at Room Temperature: GasClassification: Nonmetal

Modern Day Uses:

• Advertising signs
• High-voltage indicators
• Lightning arrestors
• Wave meter tubes
• TV tubes
• (When combined with helium) Gas lasers

Quick Facts:

• The name Neon came from the Greek word for new, neos
• Pure neon costs about $33 per 100 grams
• Neon is very common

History:

• Neon was discovered by William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Morris Travers, an English chemist, in 1898
• It was found in London, England
  
• Neon was discovered thorough the study of liquefied air

Electron Configuration:

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